The Indestructibles (Book 5): The Crimson Child by Phillion Matthew

Author:Phillion, Matthew [Phillion, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superhero Fantasy
Published: 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33: Mirror, mirror

Jane watched the others as they spread out across Kate’s hideout, sometimes brainstorming about their next step, sometimes just killing time. Billy was having a quiet conversation with Bedlam near the windows. They were both smiling, which Jane was glad to see. She was pulling for those two to figure things out. Titus, unexpectedly, engaged in a brief conversation with Natasha, something that made everyone more than a little uncomfortable, Kate glaring particularly hard at that situation. Not that she wasn’t glaring at everyone, including Emily as she bubble of floated herself lazily around the ceiling.

Titus broke away from his chat to join Jane by the kitchenette.

“We should consider trying to figure out who King Tears’ next target is,” he said. “Might help us get ahead of him.”

“Yeah,” Jane said. “Anything useful from Lady Grey?”

“I think she’s offering to train me a bit,” Titus said.

“And are you going to take her up on that?”

“I’m thinking no,” Titus said. “Between Leto and Doc I think I’ve got some good teachers who would not be looking for a way to sell my werewolf soul to a demon lord of the Nine Hells or something.”

“Are there nine hells?” Jane asked.

“I don’t know,” Titus said. “It’s an expression. I can’t remember if it’s something Doc said or if it’s something I read playing Dungeons and Dragons.”

“Emily would know,” Jane said.

“Emily would know what?” Emily yelled from the ceiling.

“Nothing,” Jane and Titus said simultaneously.

“Whatever,” Emily said, drifting away.

“Speaking of Doc,” Titus said. “Any word?”

“None,” Jane said. “He can reach me though. If he’s alive.”

“You don’t say that with a level of reassuring confidence,” Titus said.

Jane shrugged.

“He does what he does,” she said.

Kate strode over, stretching out her back and shoulders as she walked.

“We’ve got to do something,” she said. “I don’t care what it is. I can’t sit here waiting around for some monster attack. Titus, we can go hunting more of those Children of the Elder Star properties. See if we shake anything up.”

“I feel like splitting the team right now is dangerous,” Jane said.

“We’ve got the numbers,” Billy said, butting in.

“I’m with the Dancer,” Bedlam said. “There’s gotta be something we can hit.”

“I didn’t say it that way,” Kate said.

“But it was implied, Swan Lake,” Bedlam said. “I can tell what you’re thinking. You want to punch something. I’m right there with you.”

Kate stared, but didn’t deny the accusation.

“I suppose we wait for…” Jane said, before trailing off as a muffled voice emanated from her pocket.

“Did you butt-dial someone?” Billy said.

“Nobody butt-dials anyone anymore,” Emily said. “What are you, thirty? Butt-dialing is for old people.”

“Stop,” Jane said, wrestling the mirror Doc gave her from her pocket. She opened the protective cover to find Doc looking back at her, somewhere very dark.

“Good,” he said. “You’re there.”

“Where else would I be?” Jane said.

“Is that a mirror phone?” Emily said, dropping from the ceiling to look obtrusively over Jane’s shoulder.

Curious, both Dreamless and Natasha approached to listen in. Kate shot them both a killer glare.

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